Music Theory
This tells you how many beats will be in a measure.
What is a time signature?
Saxophones, flutes, and clarinets
What are woodwinds?
This gets one beat of silence.
What is a quarter rest?
This means to play softly.
What is piano?
This is the order of colors in the rainbow.
What is red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple?
This tells you which notes will be flat/sharp/natural.
What is a key signature?
Clarinets and saxophones must use one of these to play. (hint: "wood"wind)
What is a reed?
A pair of connected eighth notes gets how many beats?
What is one beat?
This means to play something at a medium (moderate) tempo.
What is moderato?
The number of letters in the musical alphabet.
What is seven letters?
This musical item is a type of warm up is made of eight notes, and is used to define key signatures.
Name at least one mallet instrument.
What are glockenspiel, xylophone, marimbas, vibraphones?
How many SINGLE eighth notes fit into one measure of 4/4 time?
Eight single eighth notes
To hold out a note longer than usual/until the director cuts it off.
What is a fermata?
Mrs. Essary's primary instrument.
What is French Horn?
This signals the end of the piece of music.
What is a double bar line?
This is the smallest and highest pitched woodwind instrument. (Hint: higher and smaller than flute!)
What is a piccolo?
What time signature has 3 beats in a measure?
What is 3/4?
This means to play notes really loud (hint: doubley-loud!)
What is fortissimo?
Who performed at this years' Super Bowl halftime show?
Who is Bad Bunny?
This means to play the notes as connected and smooth as possible without slurring them. (opposite of staccato)
What is tenuto/legato?
The names of the three saxophones in the saxophone family?
What are Alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
Count and clap the rhythm written on the board.
1 + + 3 4 | 1 + 3 4 |
This language is mostly used for musical terms on sheet music (hint: forte, piano, crescendo...)
What is Italian?
Name (or describe) one song that a DIFFERENT Academy Band has performed this year!
What is (beginner song, christmas song, spring concert)?